Revised Statutes of the United States
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The Revised Statutes of the United States were the first official codification of U.S. federal statutes, organizing and consolidating the general and permanent laws in force as of 1873–1874 into a single, systematic code.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Revised Statutes of the United States canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5876629 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Revised Statutes of the United States Context triple: [Coinage Act of 1873, codifiedIn, Revised Statutes of the United States]
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Judiciary Act of 1869
The Judiciary Act of 1869 was a U.S. federal law that reorganized the federal judiciary by fixing the number of Supreme Court justices at nine and creating separate circuit judgeships, laying groundwork for later reforms like the Evarts Act.
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Judiciary Act of 1891
The Judiciary Act of 1891 was a landmark U.S. federal statute that created the intermediate federal courts of appeals, significantly restructuring the federal judiciary and reducing the Supreme Court’s mandatory caseload.
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Judiciary Act of 1870
The Judiciary Act of 1870 is a U.S. federal law that created the Department of Justice and centralized federal law enforcement and legal representation under the Attorney General.
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D.
Organic Law of the Judicial Power of the Federation
The Organic Law of the Judicial Power of the Federation is a fundamental Mexican statute that structures, regulates, and organizes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
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E.
Washington Revision Act
The Washington Revision Act is an amendment to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property adopted at the Washington diplomatic conference to update and refine international rules on industrial property protection.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Revised Statutes of the United States Target entity description: The Revised Statutes of the United States were the first official codification of U.S. federal statutes, organizing and consolidating the general and permanent laws in force as of 1873–1874 into a single, systematic code.
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A.
Judiciary Act of 1869
The Judiciary Act of 1869 was a U.S. federal law that reorganized the federal judiciary by fixing the number of Supreme Court justices at nine and creating separate circuit judgeships, laying groundwork for later reforms like the Evarts Act.
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B.
Judiciary Act of 1891
The Judiciary Act of 1891 was a landmark U.S. federal statute that created the intermediate federal courts of appeals, significantly restructuring the federal judiciary and reducing the Supreme Court’s mandatory caseload.
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C.
Judiciary Act of 1870
The Judiciary Act of 1870 is a U.S. federal law that created the Department of Justice and centralized federal law enforcement and legal representation under the Attorney General.
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D.
Organic Law of the Judicial Power of the Federation
The Organic Law of the Judicial Power of the Federation is a fundamental Mexican statute that structures, regulates, and organizes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
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E.
Washington Revision Act
The Washington Revision Act is an amendment to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property adopted at the Washington diplomatic conference to update and refine international rules on industrial property protection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
codification of federal statutes
ⓘ
legal code ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| authority | enacted by Congress and approved by the President ⓘ |
| basedOn | Acts of Congress in force as of 1873–1874 ⓘ |
| citationForm | Rev. Stat. U.S. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codificationMethod | topical arrangement of statutes by subject ⓘ |
| compiledBy | commissioners appointed by the United States Congress ⓘ |
| contains | general and permanent statutes of the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfPublication | 1874 ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | December 1, 1873 ⓘ |
| excludes | temporary and local statutes not of a general and permanent nature ⓘ |
| followedBy | United States Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
1874 edition
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1878 second edition ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first official codification of United States federal statutes ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the United States Code ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalEffect | served as prima facie evidence of the law ⓘ |
| legalForm | statutory code ⓘ |
| legalStatus | general and permanent laws of the United States in force as of 1873–1874 ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law system of the United States ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| partOf | history of United States federal statutory law ⓘ |
| precededBy | uncodified session laws of the United States ⓘ |
| publisher | Government Printing Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to codify and consolidate the general and permanent statutes of the United States
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to organize federal statutes into a single systematic code ⓘ |
| replacedBy | subsequent codifications and the United States Code ⓘ |
| scope | federal statutory law ⓘ |
| structure |
chapters
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sections ⓘ titles ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Indian affairs
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civil law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ foreign relations ⓘ judiciary and judicial procedure ⓘ military and naval affairs ⓘ patents and copyrights ⓘ postal service ⓘ public lands ⓘ revenue and customs ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
| timeCoverage | laws in force as of 1873–1874 ⓘ |
| usedUntil | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Revised Statutes of the United States Description of subject: The Revised Statutes of the United States were the first official codification of U.S. federal statutes, organizing and consolidating the general and permanent laws in force as of 1873–1874 into a single, systematic code.
Referenced by (2)
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